How do I remove the formatter board from an HP 5200tn?

Might be a simple as a bad memory expansion or might be a failed formatter. After 5 days it is not going to start without intervension. YOu need to remove the formatter and if there is a memory expansion in the dimm slot, remove it and then reinsert the formatter and start the printer again. Never remove or install the formatter with the power connected. Formatter is the board that the network or USB cable plugs into. There will be either two black handles that slide to release or a bunch of screws around the outside edge.

Hi above formatter snap shot located at back side of left door. Unscrew both sides & pull up to remove,fix another formatter in same manner.. But how you confirmed that formatter faulty? Do you checked light pattern?..pl take experts advise before replacing the things.

it will be a tough task to replace the formatter board but its doable. Just loosen up the screws located on the side of the printer and if you can remove the rollers , cartridges and bard, you will see the system board of it. In that way, you can replace the formatter board..

problem with formatter board
Open the back side cover
remove formatter board and resold with hot air work station(hot air work station is a hot air generator to remove or fix the surface mounted components )
be very carefully if you use very hot air more than 300C then he damage the board

Turn off the RAM disk on the printer.

Follow these steps:

Troubleshooting steps

1.
Verify that the formatter light is blinking or steady. If the formatter is blinking, it is functioning properly and probably does not need to be replaced. If the formatter light is not blinking, proceed to Step 2.
2.
Turn off the printer and unplug the power cord.
3.
Remove the HP Jetdirect card, third-party device, hard disk, parallel cable, or IFR cable from the formatter if one is installed.
4.
If the error continues with accessories removed from the formatter, perform a cold reset on the printer. Ensure the HP Jetdirect card is not in the printer during a cold reset or the card settings will be changed back to default settings. To perform a cold reset, do the following:
1.
Turn on the printer.
2.
Watch the control panel.
3.
When the memory starts counting, press and hold the green (Select ) button.
4.
Continue holding the green check button until the Ready, Data, and Attention lights flash once, and then stay on steady.
5.
Release the check button when the Ready, Data, and Attention light are on steady.
The control panel will display SELECT LANGUAGE .
6.
Press (Down Arrow ) button once. The control panel will display COLD RESET
7.
Press (Select ). The printer will perform a cold reset and then continue its power-on sequence.
5.
If the printer comes up to ready, print a Configuration page. If a 49 error occurs from printing internal pages, continue on to the next step.
6.
Turn the printer off and unplug the power cord.
7.
Remove the eight screws around the formatter.
8.
Remove the formatter. See Figure 1.
9.
Reseat the firmware and memory modules on the formatter. Check for any DIMMs that are non-HP and remove them. Non-HP DIMMs are not supported by HP and may cause this error. Replace with HP DIMMs, if necessary.
10.
Reseat the daughter (interconnect) board. The daughter board is connected to the formatter behind EIO slot #1. To release the daughter board, push in the black retaining tab underneath the formatter then lift up the one side of the daughter board.
11.
Reseat the daughter board.

12.
Install the formatter.
13.
Turn the printer on again.
14.
If it comes up to READY , print a configuration page. If a 49 error does not appear from printing internal pages, or at power up, continue to the next step.

15
Install the HP Jetdirect card and hard disk before installing the formatter. Verify that each device is properly seated.
16
Test any EIO devices, by turning off the printer, installing each device separately, and printing a Configuration page. Repeat for each EIO device.
17
If the 49 error occurs with any EIO device installed, replace that EIO device.

Please check the cartridges it see if the toner is finish,clean the print head because it may be block up or you can replace it if it is damage.

Hi there Fairly simple process romve the right hand side cover (slide to the back of the printer and lift off) open the formatter board protection cover hindged at the back then disconnect all cables and remove the formatter board Regards AL "alstech"

Bad news I'm afraid, this is an internal communication error. Most likely it needs a new formatter board. You could try checking that the formatter board is seated correctly: Pull off the panel on the R/H side, remove the two screws at the back of the silver metal "box" and pull the formatter rearwards to remove. The formatter is inside the "box". Check & clean the contacts and refit in reverse order. This is what HP advises, it hasn't worked on any that I've seen yet but you never know! If the printer has any warranty left then get in touch with HP support.

From the Service Manual:

49.XXXXX ERROR
alternates with
To continue turn off then on
A critical firmware error has occurred that
caused the processor on the formatter to
abort operation. This type of error can be
caused by invalid print commands, corrupt
data, or invalid operations. In some cases,
electrical noise in the cable can corrupt data
during transmission to the printer. Other
causes include poor-quality parallel cable,
poor connections, or home-grown programs.
On rare occasions, the formatter is at fault
which typically appears as a 79 Service Error.

1. Turn the printer off and then on.
2. Press Stop to clear all print jobs from the printer memory.
3. Turn the printer off and then on.
4. Try printing a job using a different software program. If the job prints, try using the original software program to print a different job.

NOTE If the error message
only appears when using
certain software programs,
contact the software program
vendor for assistance.